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The table below looks at the demand for the Software Developer role in IT jobs within the Cardiff region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSoftware Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4041
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads3337
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.016 %
As % of the category below4.225 %4.070 %
Salaries quoted3327
Average minimum salary£26,394£25,111
Average salary£31,091£30,037
% change on same period last year+3.50 %
Average maximum salary£35,788£34,963
UK excluding London average salary£33,363£33,059
% change on same period last year+0.92 %
Cardiff IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cardiff
Matching permanent IT job ads781909
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.456 %0.390 %
Salaries quoted731837
Average minimum salary£30,559£30,842
Average salary£34,212£35,036
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Average maximum salary£37,864£39,229
UK excluding London average salary£38,201£39,267
% change on same period last year-2.71 %
Software Developer South WalesSoftware Developer
South Wales

Software Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cardiff Software Developer Demand Trend

Software Developer
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Cardiff region.

Cardiff Software Developer Salary Trend

Software Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Software Developer across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Cardiff Software Developer Salary Histogram

Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Software Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Developer in their job title.

133 (70.21 %)C#
231 (65.96 %)SQL Server
329 (61.70 %).NET
426 (55.32 %)Windows
525 (53.19 %)VB.NET
624 (51.06 %)VB
624 (51.06 %)ASP
721 (44.68 %)VB6
819 (40.43 %)SQL
916 (34.04 %)Transact-SQL
1013 (27.66 %)C++
1112 (25.53 %)Visual Studio
1210 (21.28 %)ASP.NET
1210 (21.28 %)Internet
138 (17.02 %)Games
138 (17.02 %)OpenGL
138 (17.02 %)DirectX
138 (17.02 %)DTV
147 (14.89 %)VoIP
147 (14.89 %)Quicktime
156 (12.77 %)XML
165 (10.64 %)OO
174 (8.511 %)UML
174 (8.511 %)Rational Rose
174 (8.511 %)JavaScript
174 (8.511 %)Security Cleared
183 (6.383 %)Degree
183 (6.383 %)HTML
183 (6.383 %)Oracle
183 (6.383 %)Government

Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cardiff region that cited Software Developer in their job title mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled with Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cardiff IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
129 (61.70 %).NET
224 (51.06 %)ASP
310 (21.28 %)ASP.NET
48 (17.02 %)OpenGL
48 (17.02 %)DirectX
56 (12.77 %)XML
63 (6.383 %)HTML
71 (2.128 %)ActiveX
71 (2.128 %)XHTML
71 (2.128 %)WebServices
Cardiff IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (6.383 %)ColdFusion
22 (4.255 %)BizTalk Server
31 (2.128 %)IIS
Cardiff IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (14.89 %)Quicktime
Cardiff IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (21.28 %)Internet
27 (14.89 %)VoIP
31 (2.128 %)Ethernet
31 (2.128 %)Broadband
Cardiff IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (65.96 %)SQL Server
22 (4.255 %)OLAP
22 (4.255 %)Oracle Reports
22 (4.255 %)Data Mining
22 (4.255 %)SQL Server 2000
22 (4.255 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
22 (4.255 %)SQL Server 2005
22 (4.255 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
31 (2.128 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
31 (2.128 %)RDBMS
31 (2.128 %)Datawarehouse
Cardiff IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (25.53 %)Visual Studio
24 (8.511 %)Rational Rose
32 (4.255 %)Oracle Forms
41 (2.128 %)Dreamweaver
Cardiff IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (17.02 %)Games
23 (6.383 %)Government
32 (4.255 %)Finance
41 (2.128 %)Education
41 (2.128 %)Manufacturing
41 (2.128 %)Publishing
41 (2.128 %)Multimedia
41 (2.128 %)Pensions
41 (2.128 %)Electronics
Cardiff IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (17.02 %)DTV
21 (2.128 %)Streaming Video
21 (2.128 %)MPEG
Cardiff IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
126 (55.32 %)Windows
22 (4.255 %)UNIX
Cardiff IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (10.64 %)OO
24 (8.511 %)UML
24 (8.511 %)Security Cleared
32 (4.255 %)Business Intelligence
41 (2.128 %)OOD
Cardiff IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
133 (70.21 %)C#
225 (53.19 %)VB.NET
324 (51.06 %)VB
421 (44.68 %)VB6
519 (40.43 %)SQL
616 (34.04 %)Transact-SQL
713 (27.66 %)C++
84 (8.511 %)JavaScript
92 (4.255 %)VBA
92 (4.255 %)VBScript
101 (2.128 %)Embedded C
101 (2.128 %)Embedded C++
101 (2.128 %)Assembly Language
101 (2.128 %)Shell Script
101 (2.128 %)C
101 (2.128 %)Delphi
Cardiff IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (6.383 %)Degree
Cardiff IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (6.383 %)Oracle
21 (2.128 %)SAP
21 (2.128 %)Microsoft